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air attack to a separate troop convoy during the battle of the eastern solomons, the japanese decided not to deliver kawaguchi's troops to guadalcanal by slow transport ship ; instead, the ships carrying kawaguchi's soldiers were sent to rabaul. from there, the japanese planned to deliver kawaguchi's men to guadalcanal by destroyers, staging through a japanese naval base in the shortland islands. the japanese destroyers were usually able to make the round trip down " the slot " to guadalcanal and back in a single night, minimizing their exposure to allied air attack.